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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might the squirrels be biting down into the bark?
(a) To catch bugs in the bark.
(b) To allow the sap to escape.
(c) To drill a hole in the bark to make a nest.
(d) To eat the bark.

2. What does the author begin in "March 23"?
(a) The sugar-making operation.
(b) The squirrel observations.
(c) The syrup-making operation.
(d) The squirrel hunt.

3. In "March 20-21 First Tappers," what does the author notice about the squirrels?
(a) They are very fat.
(b) They look ill.
(c) Strange behavior.
(d) They look confused.

4. In "December 12 Rump Steak," the author discovers that the steak that he thought a friendly neighbor left him to enjoy through the winter was actually what?
(a) Spoiled meat meant for his ravens.
(b) Meant for his dogs.
(c) Meant for his birthday.
(d) Meant for the coyotes.

5. In "March 30 Cocoons," the author finds an old cocoon from _________.
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A fly.
(c) A moth.
(d) A beetle.

6. In the section "May 7," the author observes a few more nesting birds and notes their mating rituals are starting to _______.
(a) Increase.
(b) Be renewed.
(c) Begin.
(d) End.

7. What does the author do before cooking and eating the fish that he and his neighbor catch?
(a) He studies them.
(b) He tests them for disease.
(c) He sketches them.
(d) He dissects them.

8. In "Cows," why does the author go into town?
(a) To see his son.
(b) To have a meal at the diner.
(c) To meet with friends.
(d) To buy supplies.

9. In "January 20 Coyotes," what is the man, which the author just happens upon, doing?
(a) Chasing and killing coyotes with his dogs.
(b) Hunting deer.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Trying to find his way home.

10. When the elephants disappear, the author notices that the ground is covered with _______.
(a) Meat.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Straw.
(d) Ravens.

11. Whom does the author ask to go fishing with him in "May 4 Smelting"?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Bob.
(c) Joe.
(d) Bill.

12. The author and his neighbor _________ go ice fishing in "April 3 Ice Fishing."
(a) Bill.
(b) Joe.
(c) Bob.
(d) Jerry.

13. How does the author act with the townspeople?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He is pleasant.
(c) He teases them.
(d) He jokes around with them.

14. In "March 14 After the Storm," why does the author go into town again?
(a) To buy supplies.
(b) To have breakfast at the diner.
(c) To talk to his friends.
(d) To find dead cattle.

15. In "April 2 Dreams," the author remembers a couple of dreams from how long ago?
(a) Decades before.
(b) Hours before.
(c) Nights before.
(d) Years before.

Short Answer Questions

1. The farmer also sells some_________ here and there to make money.

2. What happens when the author comes down from the tree and onto the ground?

3. What holiday is "February 2"?

4. The author ponders about the first Native Americans who discovered __________.

5. The author spends Christmas with whom in "December 25"?

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